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How to prepare students for a world we cannot possibly imagine
Salzburg Global Seminar, December 2011
Dylan Wiliam
www.dylanwiliam.net
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Impact of education on economic growth2
Net present value of a 25-point increase on PISA
Country NPV
United States $40,647 billion
Mexico $4,000 billion
Turkey $3,500 billion
Hanushek and Wößman (2010)
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Non-economic benefits of education3
More educated students live longer are healthier have less disability towards the end of their lives are less likely to be teenage parents are less likely to be incarcerated are less likely to commit suicide
Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Education (www.learningbenefits.net)
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The world of work is changing
Skill category Percentage change 1969-1999
Complex communication +14%Expert thinking/problem solving +8%Routine manual –3%Non-routine manual –5%Routine cognitive –8%
Autor, Levy & Murnane (2003)
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How flat is the world?
A. Physical mail:B. Telephone minutes:C. Internet traffic:D. First generation immigrants:E. University students:F. People, ever in their livesG. Goods and services:
Percentage crossing national boundaries:1. 1%2. 5%3. 10%4. 20%5. 50%
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Mostly round; some flat bits (Ghemawat, 2011)
Percentage crossing national boundaries Physical mail: 1 Telephone minutes: 2 Internet traffic: 17 First generation immigrants: 3 University students: 2 People, ever in their lives: 10 Goods and services: 10
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There is only one 21st century skill
So the model that says learn while you’re at school, while you’re young, the skills that you will apply during your lifetime is no longer tenable. The skills that you can learn when you’re at school will not be applicable. They will be obsolete by the time you get into the workplace and need them, except for one skill. The one really competitive skill is the skill of being able to learn. It is the skill of being able not to give the right answer to questions about what you were taught in school, but to make the right response to situations that are outside the scope of what you were taught in school. We need to produce people who know how to act when they’re faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared. (Papert, 1998)
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Some basic precepts8
We are in uncharted territory The developing world will not follow the same
paths to prosperity as those taken by rich countries
Education will be increasingly important in all countries
In terms of intervention, it’s never too early and it’s never too late…
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Meaningful differences
Hour-long samples of family talk in 42 US families Number of words spoken to children by adults by the
age of 36 months In professional families: 35 million In other working-class families: 20 million In families on welfare: 10 million
Kinds of reinforcements:positive negative
professional 500,000 50,000 working-class 200,000 100,000 welfare 100,000 200,000
Hart & Risley (1995)
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Improving usually starts at the bottom…11
PISA 2009 Database, tables V.2.1 and V.2.2
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In place of achievement gaps12
An alternative aspiration: All students reaching proficiency Many students excellent All sub-groups of students properly represented in the
excellent
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Curriculum
A selection from culture (Lawton, 1970) Broad views on curriculum (Williams, 1961)
Transmission of culture (e.g., Arnold) Preparation for work (e.g., OECD) Preparation for effective citizenship (e.g., Freire) Preparation for life
Any school curriculum is a sometimes messy and always political compromise between these forces
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What kinds of schools do we need?
School model Ethos Key processTalent refineries School must provide
opportunities for students to show what they can do
Ensuring good teaching and syllabus coverage
Talent incubators
All students students can learn, but not all students can achieve at high levels
Drawing out what is within the student
Talent factories All students can achieve at high levels
Whatever it takes
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The importance of teacher quality
Take a group of 50 teachers: Students taught by the most effective teacher in that group
of 50 teachers learn in six months what those taught by the average teacher learn in a year.
Students taught by the least effective teacher in that group of 50 teachers will take two years to achieve the same learning
(Hanushek & Rivkin, 2006) And furthermore:
In the classrooms of the most effective teachers, students from disadvantaged backgrounds learn at the same rate as those from advantaged backgrounds
(Hamre & Pianta, 2005).
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The ‘dark matter’ of teacher quality16
We know that teachers make a difference But what makes the difference in teachers?
Components of teacher quality %
What teachers know 10-30%What teachers do 10-15%
Total (given overlaps) 30-40%
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Replace existing teachers with better ones?
Raising the bar for entry into the profession? Exclude the lowest performing 30% from getting in
5 points on PISA (in 30 years time) Firing ineffective teachers?
De-selecting least effective 10% and replace them with average teachers 2 points on PISA (right away, if it can be done)
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How do we speed up teacher improvement?18
Merit pay for effective teachers? Can’t be done fairly, and doesn’t work
Create a culture of continuous improvement Responsibilities of teachers
To continue to improve classroom skill for the whole career To focus the improvement on ideas supported by evidence
Responsibilities of leaders Create the expectation for continuous improvement Keep the focus on what is likely to improve achievement Provide support Encourage risk taking